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tear down this wall

tear down this wall

/ˌtɪər ˌdaʊn ðɪs ˈwɔːl/

🏛️ Historical Phrases

a call to remove barriers to freedom

tear down this wall in a sentence

“Activists demanded: tear down this wall between workers and management.”

Origin of tear down this wall

Reagan's 1987 challenge to Gorbachev regarding the Berlin Wall

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